<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia --> <!--X-From-R13: "Ybfgre, Dncu" <exbfgreNbevtva.rn.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 12:29:23 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 11A17AA2B9EAD111BCEA00A0C9B41793EDBDAB#forest,origin.ea.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg01148.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01150.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg01136.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg01159.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#01149">Author</A> | <A HREF="#01149">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#01149">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: "'<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>'" <<A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Koster, Raph" <<A HREF="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 14:26:35 -0500</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Wiggins [<A HREF="mailto:adam#angel,com">mailto:adam#angel,com</A>] > Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 1:56 PM > To: 'mud-dev#kanga,nu' > Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia > > I lump its success into the same category as that of America Online or > Microsoft. Take an incredibly accessable product and invoke > a huge amount > of hyper-aggressive marketing on it, and you'll gain a large > user base. Is Medievia really that accessible? As I recall, I found it difficult to get into (this is in its current incarnation) because: - there was a lot of spam - the color scheme was hideous - even the who list was confusing, with many columns - the map layout was difficult to follow--there was little sense of "welcome area" to it - the shift between random mazes, outdoor overhead views, and classic room-based areas was disconcerting and jarring - there were a lot of unfamiliar commands in the game relating to stuff like their party formation system, etc -Raph </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="01159" HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Adam Wiggins <adam#angel,com></li></ul> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01148.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: META: What are you looking for in this list?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01150.html">[MUD-Dev] MUD-Dev] META: What are you looking for in this list?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#01149"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#01149"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="01260" HREF="msg01260.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>, Oliver Jowett <a href="mailto:oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz">oliver#jowett,manawatu.planet.co.nz</a>, Sat 26 Sep 1998, 07:28 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01325" HREF="msg01325.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 03:05 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> <LI><strong><A NAME="01332" HREF="msg01332.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: let's call it a spellcraft</A></strong>, S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:patrick#gric,com">patrick#gric,com</a>, Mon 28 Sep 1998, 17:19 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01136" HREF="msg01136.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:30 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="01149" HREF="msg01149.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 19:29 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01159" HREF="msg01159.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:adam#angel,com">adam#angel,com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 21:35 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="01175" HREF="msg01175.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 02:34 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01173" HREF="msg01173.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Medievia</A></strong>, James Wilson <a href="mailto:jwilson#rochester,rr.com">jwilson#rochester,rr.com</a>, Thu 24 Sep 1998, 00:41 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="01134" HREF="msg01134.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Spellchecking</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Wed 23 Sep 1998, 15:18 GMT </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>